Brontë family

Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë, by their brother Branwell (c. 1834). He painted himself with his sisters, but he later removed himself so the picture was not cluttered. National Portrait Gallery, London

Branwell Brontë, self-portrait, 1840

The Brontës (/ˈbrɒntiz/) were a nineteenth-century literature family. They were born in Thornton. Later, they moved to Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848) and Anne (1820–1849), are popular poets and writers. They could not use their own names when writing, because otherwise their works would not be taken seriously. They published their poems and novels under male names: Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Their stories had lots of passion and quickly became popular. Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first of their popular books. Emily's Wuthering Heights, Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and other works became popular after their deaths.

Brontë Family Media

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  Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë, by their brother Branwell (c. 1834). He painted himself among his sisters, but later removed his image so as not to clutter the picture.National Portrait Gallery, London

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  Portrait of Patrick Brontë around 1860

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  View of St John's College, Cambridge, where Patrick Brontë was a student

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  Haworth parsonage soon after Patrick Brontë's death

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  The parsonage in Haworth, the former family home, is now the Brontë Parsonage Museum.

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  Roe Head, Mirfield, Miss Wooler's school

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  Disputed photograph taken about 1855; sources are in disagreement over whether this image is of Charlotte Brontë or of her friend, Ellen Nussey.

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  Ellen Nussey around 1855, at the time of the death of Charlotte

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  A letter from Charlotte Brontë to her friend, Ellen Nussey

References

Bibliography

• Alexander, Christine; Sellars, Jane (1995). The Art of the Brontës. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521438414. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
• Barker, Juliet R. V. (1995). The Brontës. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 1-85799-069-2.
• Bentley, Phyllis (1947). The Brontës. Home & Van Thal. (The English Novelists series)
• Drabble, Margaret, ed. (1985). The Oxford Companion to English Literature (Fifth ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-866130-6.
• du Maurier, Daphne (1987) [1960]. The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-003401-3.
• Gaskell, Elizabeth (1857). The Life of Charlotte Brontë.
• Hoare, Neil; Kathryn Sutherland Joan Winterkorn and Friends of the National Libraries (Great Britain). 2023. The Blavatnik Honresfield Library : Saved for the Nation. Reading: Friends of the National Libraries.
• Peters, Margot (August 1977). Unquiet Soul: Biography of Charlotte Brontë. Futura Publications. ISBN 9780860075608.
• Smith Kenyon, Karen (April 2002). The Brontë Family: Passionate Literary Geniuses. Lerner Publications. ISBN 0-8225-0071-X.

Other websites

• Brontë Society
• The Brontës